Bob Fairman

Robert Fairman (1885 – after 1916) was an English footballer who played as a full back or wing half. He scored two goals in 38 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham.

Fairman was born in Southampton, Hampshire. He began his football career with Southampton, although he never played a first-team match, before joining Birmingham in 1907. He played regularly at left half at the start of the 1908–09 season, but lost his place when the club signed Thomas Daykin, and he moved to West Ham United, then a Southern League club, at the end of the season. He spent three years with West Ham, playing more than 100 games in all competitions, before returning to Birmingham in 1912. He played little first-team football after his return, and retired from the game in 1917.